The information technology industry encompasses companies that build, sell, and support the computer systems, telecommunications equipment, and software used to create, process, store, retrieve, and transmit information for businesses and consumers. Spending in this space grew rapidly through the early 2000s, with Americans spending more than 28 billion dollars on internet-related goods in 2002 and online commerce reaching roughly 289 billion dollars in sales by around 2012. Inside most modern organizations, information technology functions typically operate as a cost center supporting the rest of the business rather than generating revenue directly, covering hardware maintenance, network administration, and software support. Employment in computer systems design and related technology services has grown steadily over recent decades, reflecting the industry's expanding role across nearly every other sector of the economy.
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How well do jobs in information technology pay and how fast is demand for them growing?
United States computer and information technology occupations paid a median of 109,470 dollars in May 2025 and are projected to grow faster than average.
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment in computer and information technology occupations is projected to grow faster than the average for all occupations from 2025 to 2035, with about 280,000 openings a year from growth and from workers leaving the occupations. The median annual wage for this group was 109,470 dollars in May 2025, compared with 50,980 dollars for all occupations. These figures cover occupations in the United States, not the whole industry worldwide.
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Information technology (IT) is the study or use of computers, telecommunication systems and other devices to create, process, store, retrieve and transmit information.
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Dorothy Gene McEwen Kildall, often known as Dorothy McEwen, (March 3, 1943-January 31, 2005) was an American microcomputer industry pioneer.
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Mike Lazaridis, OC, FRS (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Limited), the company that created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.
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He is best known as the co-founder of Research In Motion (now known as BlackBerry) alongside his childhood friend, Mike Lazaridis.
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Samuel David Camillo Olivetti (13 August 1868, December 1943) was an Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA., the Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines.
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Henry Edward Roberts (September 13, 1941, April 1, 2010) was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful microcomputer in 1974.
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Sheryl Handler (born 1955) is an American businesswoman recognized as one of the founders of Thinking Machines.
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He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Wikipedia: Adam Osborne
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He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer.
Wikipedia: Jeff Hawkins
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He co-founded Palm Computing where he co-created the PalmPilot, the Palm Treo and Handspring.
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William Seward Burroughs I (January 28, 1857, September 14, 1898) was an American inventor born in Rochester, New York, most prominently known as the inventor of a mechanical calculator.
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and CEO for Claris, Intuit, and GO Corporation.
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Komisar is the co-founder of Claris, former CEO of Lucas Arts Entertainment, Chief Financial Officer of GO Corp, and the "virtual CEO" of TiVo.
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In 1987 he formed the team behind the Apple Newton to realize his vision of the world's first PDA.
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Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990.
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Andrew Jay Hertzfeld (born April 6, 1953) is an American software engineer who was a member of Apple Computer's original Macintosh development team during the 1980s.
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He is known for his work on the concept of the information economy and for co-founding General Magic, an Apple spin-off that developed an early personal communicator device and intelligent software agents.
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He was a founder of Prime Computer, Apollo Computer, and Stellar Computer.
Wikipedia: Allen Michels
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Allen Michels (1941-2024) was an American business executive and founder of Convergent Technologies and The Dana Group.
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He was the CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the world.
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(the Moore School Lectures), founded the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay-line memory.
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the first commercial computer made in the United States.
Together, Mauchly and Eckert started the first computer company, the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), which allowed them to further the development of
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He was known worldwide during his lifetime as the Italian manufacturer of Olivetti brand typewriters, calculators, and computers.
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"sicDescription": "Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc."
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